Palpifer sexnotatus

Palpifer sexnotatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in India and Japan. Food plants for the species include Amorphophallus and Colocasia.

Palpifer sexnotatus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukarya
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Palpifer
Species:
P. sexnotatus
Binomial name
Palpifer sexnotatus
(Moore, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hepialus sexnotatus Moore, 1879
  • Gorgopis niphonica Butler, 1879
  • Palpifer ronin Pfitzner, 1912
  • Palpifer sexnotaius Pfitzner, 1912

References
  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282.


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